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A first film role for real-life boxing champ Baer (who won the heavyweight crown in 1934 and became a fine actor), here playing a fighter who forges a rocky romance with a nightclub singer (Loy). Features another real-life boxer, Primo Carnera

Keywords:

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Boxing, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1933) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Myrna Loy	.... Belle Mercer Morgan
Max Baer Jr.	.... Steve Morgan
Primo Carnera	.... Himself
Jack Dempsey	.... Himself
Walter Huston	.... Edwin J. Bennett
Otto Kruger	.... Willie Ryan

Supporting Cast:

Vince Barnett	.... Bugsie
Robert McWade	.... Sonny
Muriel Evans	.... Linda
Jean Howard	.... Show Girl

Directors:

W.S. Van Dyke

Writers:

Frances Marion
John Lee Mahin